Palatine offers all contraception methods including:

• fitting and removal of IUD’s and implants
• Emergency Hormonal Contraception
• Pregnancy testing and advice
• information about abortion and referral to abortion clinics
• testing common STI’s including HIV
• condoms

Please contact reception for further information or to book an appointment.

Our practice nurse is available to perform smears, swabs, urine tests etc.

All women between the ages of 25 to 50 years should have a smear every 3 years and between 50 to 65 years every 5 years.

Please contact reception for further information or to book an appointment.

The practice nurse runs clinics for monitoring and care of patients with diabetes. 

All aspects of diabetic care are offered (except diabetic retinopathy screening (eye tests).

• The appointment for the retinopathy screening test is sent to the patient annually by the Retinopathy department at Withington Hospital together with a list of the opticians who perform this test. 
  • It is important the patient attends the optician for this test annually.

All patients with angina, those having had heart attacks, heart surgery, strokes, TIA etc. should attend at least annually.

Regular review will help us ensure your treatment is effective and your symptoms are well controlled.

With your co-operation we can work together to prevent further illness occurring. The practice nurse runs these clinics and she also performs ECG tests in surgery.

Patients with respiratory disease should be reviewed at least annually. If your condition is poorly controlled you may be required to attend more frequently. 

Your inhaler technique will be monitored, medications reviewed and other factors which may affect your condition discussed. You may be required to have spirometry (lung function tests) these will be performed by the practice nurse.

This is held on a Wednesday afternoon between 1.30pm and 3.30pm.

The health visitor is in attendance for advice. 

No appointment necessary for this service, please report to Community Clinic at front reception.

It is very important that all children receive the recommended vaccinations. The baby clinic is every Monday between 9.30am and 11.30am.

This service is by appointment only; along with your baby’s 8 week check by the GP and nurse.

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible – at least 8 weeks before you travel – as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse. 

Alternatively, you can collect a printed form from Reception and hand this in.